About FACUG

Florida Association of Computer User Groups, FACUG is the leading regional association of its kind in the country. It is a southeast regional, non-profit tax exempt association, of independent computer user groups including PC and MAC groups.

Founded in 1993 to assist user groups in the performance of their managerial and educational activities, to promote communications among local user groups, and to facilitate relations between user groups and the computer industry.

FACUG is the successor organization to the Florida Suncoast Conference of PC User Groups. Suncoast was one of the early regional groups having been started in 1989 in Sarasota.

Address

FACUG
Florida Association of Computer User Groups
935 North Beneva Rd
Suite 609 #4
Sarasota Fl 34232
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Who May Join FACUG?

Membership is open to all computer user groups regardless of hardware platform.

What does FACUG do?

Conferences
Your officers, directors, and volunteers can attend FACUG's annual conferences. A three-day conference is held in the Spring and a one-day conference meets in the Fall.

Attendees will:

meet user group officers from around the state
meet representatives of major vendors
attend seminars on topics affecting all user groups

Web site at www.facug.org offers:

an information site about user groups in Florida
a locator that helps users find a group to join
a list of user group meetings
links to user groups' own Web sites

Contests are offered for:

newsletters to honor excellence in design and content
outstanding Web sites
service to the community

Educational and Charitable Services

FACUG encourages groups to participate in educational and charitable services by offering seminars on how to work with their communities.

FACUG Proceedings

FACUG publishes a semi-annual newsletter providing timely information about both past and upcoming conferences. Issues are sent to the president, editor, and FACUG representative in each group.

Vendors

When user groups want a vendor to present at their meeting, whom do they contact? FACUG keeps an up-to-date list of vendors and contacts on its Web site. The meeting schedule makes it easy to coordinate with neighboring groups so that vendors can make several presentations in an area within the same week. Also, some vendors offer special services and discounts only to FACUG user groups.